DALLAS -- Yu Darvish marked his five-year anniversary as a Texas Ranger this week. Now healthy again, he wants to prove how good of a pitcher he is.
"It's not much about my contract, but coming back from Tommy John surgery," Darvish said through his interpreter at the Rangers' winter banquet Friday night. "This will be my second year to see how my body reacts and how much I can do to prove how good of a pitcher I am. That's what I'm looking forward to."
Darvish is entering the sixth and final year of the contract he signed with the Rangers in January 2012 after seven seasons in Japan.